Window construction of awning type



A. H. SOULE WINDOW CONSTRUCTION OF AWNING TYPE F iled m 5. 1942 Nov. 14,1944.

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partnership Application May 5, 1942', Serial No. L760 1 1 sin: 2) t.

This invention relates to windows for buildings and particularlypertains to-''a window constructionoftheawnin'gtype.

- It isthe principal object of my present invention to provide animproved simpleand economical window construction of the type describedand claimed in'my prior application for Letters Patentof the UnitedStates entitled Awning type window construction, filed February 9-,v1942, Serial No. 430,017; which eliminates the use of window frames.casingastops' and trim by being applicable for surface installation tothe exterior wall of a buildingcovering the rough window openingcompletely; the sash of which Windowis easily'operable for ventilationcontrol.

'It is another object ofthe present invention to provide a windowconstruction of the character referred to which can'beinexpensivel'ymanufactured and expeditiously installed at an extremely low-cost.

In practicing my invention I provide a window construction whichincludes a pair of vertical uide rails to be fixed on the exteriorsurfaceof a building wall at each side of a window opening therein. Thesash fits between these guide rails and is operatively-conne'ctedtherewith by mecha-" nism enabling awning type operationof thesash. Alateral hood member is provided to overlie the upper ends of the sashand guide rails and is likewise secured to the exterior surface of thewall.

The mounting of the sash inthe guide rails is i such that the innerfaces of the sash rails are disposed to abut the exterior surface of thebuilding .or framing about the marginal perimeter of the. windowopeningwhen the'sash isin closed. position. 1

The. invention is exemplified in the following description andillustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the operative connection betweenthe sash and the guide rails of an improved window construction.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the guide shoe.

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section through a building wall showing onemanner of applying my ing drawing, l0 indicates a building wall throughwhich is formed a window opening II. This opening need not befitted witha window frame, windowaising, stops or trim as 'my' new constructioneliminates such elements.

My improvedfwindow construction includes a pairof -guide rails I 2arranged vertically one at each side of the window-opening inparallelism with-the margin'ahe'dg'e of such openingfbut spaced fromsuch edge. The guiderailslZ illustrated-a're of 'steel 'construction andare of angle sect-ionp As sh'ow'n in the drawing, "each giiid rail isfor'ni'e'dwith right angularly' arra'nged te'es' 12a and 12b. "Thelatter is to be abutted fiatwise against th 'e' outer surface of thewall o'r window'framing and there securedin any 'suitable' fashion justshort of the side right anglsto the face or the-priming wan and at its."outer extremity is bent "back upon itself 'toforin' aguidetrackwayfllm.

ffThe 'sashj ll'fwhich'fits' between the guide rails is" rabbetedalongjits inner side edgesand the transverse" dimension of, the sashbetween the rabbets'is slightly less than the transverse dimensioiibetween the'to'esj lm or the guide rails :2, but this latterdimension'is less than the exte. rior transverse dimension of the sashso that the tongues 1nd providewalong the exterior sides of: the sashwill overlie the exterior edges .of the guide rails, as illustrated. Thewidth of each rabbet agrees with the length of the toe l2a 10f theadjacent guide "rail I 2 sq that the inner face of the sash will abutagainst the fiat outer surface of --the toes-I217, while the tongues lla.of the sash will -;abut against the outer edges of the toes I-2a of theguide rails. i

In the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the guide rails l2 abut theexterior surface of sheathing 16 of the wall l0, while in theconstruction shown in Fig. 5, the sheathing stops short of the perimeterof the window opening and the guide rails I2 are abutted directlyagainst the framing surrounding the window opening II. This provides forcaulking or the like between the sheathing and the rails I2. I mayprefer to use a trim strip l8 at the exterior sides of the guide railsI2, as illustrated in the drawing.

The inner face of each side rail of the sash is longitudinally groovedas at 30 to accommodate the weathering tongue I20 and thereby provideadditional weathering between the sash and. the opening.

toe I2b and the outer extremity of the trackway I2d. This blade 24projects into and slid ably engages the trackway shoe and the guide railI2. This construction and arrangement forms a pivotal and slidingconnection between the upper end of the sash and the guide rails I2.

Pivotally connected at one end to. the lower ends of the plates 22 arelinks 25, the other ends I of which are pivotally connected to the guiderails I2 as at 26, as illustrated. I This mounting of the sash is suchthat when the lower end thereof is moved outwardly, the upper end movesdownwardly along the guide rails I2 so that projected or awning typeoperation of the sash is accomplished. A hood member 21 is arrangedhorizontally over the upper end of the sash and the guide rails I2, asillustrated.

If desired, two or more sash may be provided for each window opening asin the conventional awning type window construction. The meeting railsof the sashes may be constructed in a manner conventional in awning typewindows.

In practice, to install the improved window construction hereindisclosed, it is only necessary to fasten the guide rails I2 to theexterior surface of the wall or framing at the sides of the windowopening as illustrated, and then to apply the hood member 21 to theexterior surface of the wall as described. The sash is then positionedbetween the rails I2 and operatively connected therewith as described.The window is then installed and ready for use. This simple installationplaces the rails of the sash in proper relationship to the exteriorsurfaces of the wall surrounding the perimeter of the window opening forproper closure. It is obvious that this construction eliminates theconventional window frame, casing, stops and trim.

There are a great many advantages flowing from my improved construction.One is that by eliminating the window frame and its accompanyingelements, considerable saving in cost results. Secondly, the ease andexpeditiousness of installation results in considerable labor saving,both in fabrication and installation. The sash do not require fittingbecause the surface installation disclosed allows adjustment fordiscrepancies in fabrication. Also variance in the I2d and soforms aguiding and sliding connection between the window opening dimensionsdoes not at all affect installation nor require fitting of the sash.

In actual practice I have found a' great overall saving, both inmanufacture and installation over the conventional type windows of thesame opening area.

I also desire to point out that by the present construction a maximumlight area is provided for the window opening and that properventilation control is effected by the awning type of operation.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to beunderstood that various changes may be made in its construction by thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A window construction comprising a pair of guide rails to be securedvertically to the exterior surface of a building at the opposite sidesof a window opening, each guide rail being of angle cross-section andadapted to be mounted on the surface of the building with one toethereof abutting said surface and projecting toward the windowopeningbut arranged short.

thereof, the other toe projecting outwardly at .right angles to saidsurface, a sash of a width greater than the width of the window opening,the side rails of said sash being rabbeted and the dimension of the sashbetween the rabbeted edges being slightly less than the transversedimension between said outwardly projecting toes of the guide rails tofit between said toes with its inner surface to abut against the flatsurface of the other toes of said guide rails, each toe of each guiderail which abuts against said wall surface being outturned at its edgeadjacent the window opening to form a weathering tongue, the innersurface of each side rail of the sash being grooved to accommodate saidweathering tongue, an exterior longitudinal tongue formed by saidrabbeting along said side of the sash at the exterior face thereof tooverlie and abut, against the extremities of the projecting toes of theguide rails, the distance between the inner face of said tongues and theinner surface of the sash being the same as the dimension of theoutwardly projecting toes of said guide rails, a pivotal and slidingconnection between each guide rail and the upper end of the sash, and a

